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NocoBase
Plugin-based no-code platform for building internal business systems on your own data model, with AI assistants.
Will it still be around?
Healthy
Score 99/100
Can a business use it freely?
Free, no reselling
Apache-2.0 + extra terms · source-available, not open source
Features compared
has,doesn't2 features1 feature
11/14 Airtable features free in NocoBase
✕ doesn't have it · ◐ partly · $ higher plan or paid editionBoth have 10
Headline Airtable features on the Team plan, and whether NocoBase has each in its free, self-hosted edition.
| Feature | AirtableTeam plan | NocoBase11 of 14 free |
|---|---|---|
| Airtable has, NocoBase doesn't2 | ||
| Automations | Included25,000 runs a month | PartlyWorkflows free; approvals, subflows and webhooks paid |
| Revision history | Included1 year | PartlyBasic record history; full history paid |
| NocoBase has, Airtable doesn't1 | ||
| Field- and table-level permissions | Higher planBusiness plan | Yes |
| Both have10 | ||
| Spreadsheet-style grid | Included | Yes |
| Kanban, calendar and gallery views | Included | Yes |
| Gantt and timeline views | Included | Yes |
| Linked records and lookups | Included | Yes |
| Formula fields | Included | Yes |
| Forms | Included | Yes |
| App and interface builder | IncludedInterface Designer | YesIts main purpose |
| API and webhooks | Included | Yes |
| Record comments | Included | Yes |
| AI fields and assistant | IncludedMonthly AI credits | YesAI employees |
| Neither has fully1 | ||
| SAML single sign-on | Higher planBusiness plan | Paid editionProfessional edition |
Sources
- Airtable, checked 2026-10-09: airtable.com, jetadmin.io
- NocoBase, checked 2026-10-09: nocobase.com, github.com
Flat Rate Deploy
A 25-seat team on Airtable Team pays about $500 a month. NocoBase on OpenTools costs $39 a month, setup included, so you save $461 a month, about $16,596 over three years.
Monthly cost
- NocoBase on OpenTools
- $39
- Airtable
$500
You save each month
$461/mo
92% less than today
Saving from month one
You save
- Over 3 years
- $16,596
- In year one
- $5,532
List price checked 7 Oct 2026 · Source · Disclaimer
Health score: 99/100
Healthy · activity, bus factor and issue responsiveness, from GitHub
Score v2 · How it works
Activity
45% weight100/100
- Last commit yesterday (100/100).
- 6353 commits in the past 12 months (100/100).
- 50+ releases in the past 12 months (100/100).
Bus factor
30% weight100/100
- Top contributor wrote 24% of the last 70 commits (past 12 months).
- 8 people authored those commits.
Responsiveness
25% weight94/100
- 93% of all issues are closed (115 open, 1450 closed) (100/100).
- 27 of 30 recent issues got a reply or were closed (90/100).
License
Free, no reselling
Apache-2.0 + extra terms · Source-available, not open source
What you need to do
Free to self-host and use in your business, changes included. You may not sell it or offer it to others as a hosted service that competes with the vendor.
For NocoBase
Commercial use is allowed, but you may not offer a public no-code, low-code or AI platform SaaS built on it. Commercial plugins need a paid license.
Apache-2.0 with NocoBase supplementary terms · Source-available, not open source. The code is public, but the license restricts how you can use it, usually by banning competing hosted services or capping production use. Not open source.
License text checked 2026-10-09 · Read it
GitHub activity
- Stars
- 25k
- Forks
- 2.9k
- Commits, 12 mo
- 6.4k
- last yesterday
- Releases, 12 mo
- 50+
- last 2 days ago
- Contributors
- 106
- 8 in last 70 commits
- Open issues
- 115
- 1.4k closed
Snapshot from 2026-10-09
Top contributors
Points for pull requests merged into NocoBase and reviews of them since 4 August 2026 (older history is still loading). Building something another user asked for earns more. 15 people have points on NocoBase in all.
